Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-30
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Yesterday aflernooa q rsuorter a
ne Posr-IHTEL1IozzcEa fen il wish Nh
samsa MosanKhs, attorney for n,
NoFthsrn Pacife RafIroad Osupanv
and eniersd into conversation with tsu
e regard 70 railread matters. FolIow
'nE . The subsisses Of What vas sid;
kspsFssr : Mr. lEeNAaaha, cur Ia
'oms correspondent ssasss that You
s0mpany eoatsmpiaiss buildinQ I
branch OF spar frou 3 point on he Oh
sade divisios over into oar King oouut,
coal and irsu mineG De yoa know
whether there ID any truth In he rumol
OF mott
M. MsNaaght. after q shors panss
sepaie6: know pretty near everV-
thing that - Rotno on In the Nsrtheru
faeinc k2iiroaa C9EnpanV. bat Am nof
gne Of tdGss fellows who tells every
tninR BE bB0gs. This muoh, howsver.
can tel you: TIE other day / reeeiVed
Instructions from TIE head 0fitss o. he
eoupa1y 70 oKganixs 9 coal company AZ
Tacoma, and I immediataly vent there
for that Barpo 3. The articles az IN
corporations were fled yesterday, TIA
name Of ire corporation Il the
HoATHEza PACIFIC MOUNTAIN ooAA.. conf
PAkY.
And the inelrp0RatoFs are Adua AndsF-
son, J. d. BueAley. James NsNaaRht,
Sam Wtikers0u, JF., aud Herman
Kline. TIE capital stock uas placed Al
VI i0o0, 600. The obiect Of the Company
a. set forth is 70 ssouFe aoai lands and
mine coal In Western Washington Ter
Fitory.
Reporter what do you think Of The
protest Of bniidine Q road from Seattle
70 connect with she CanadiAn system,
Mr.. McNanRht-1 think q great deal
Of that enterprise. Sometime ago | 1ss
authorized and did make 9 proposition
. Senator Candsld to pay him
$4,000 CASH FoR Els FRANCHISE
For that line and allow him q half In
terest in all the town site property along
the liBe. / consider that liberal offer
and think be made 9 mistake in not
taking it. The people ! represent do
n0t want TO parallel anyb0dy'a line and
since Ne could not sseare his franchise
have given up the project provided
Henry Crawford and bis associates 70
ahead and build the road in RoOd.faith. I
zee that they aFe calling for bids for the
construction Of the Erss section of the
line and thai looks like business. As |
understand Il their project 10 to build
from Seattle TO Fort Hope, q distance Of
$50 miles, and there eoBnect with the
Canadian Pacific. IL they do that
trains will reach Seattle ~ aoon as soon
~ they will reach Port Needy.
From my investigation Of the matter,
aud there Is good railroad route from
Seattle 70 Hope, and that II will traverse
rich coal. timber and agricultural lands.
am little anxious 20 ind cut what
CAn6 Id proposes to do. As I under
stand IL. OragfoFd's plsn is 70 bald q
section Of the road, tssGe bonds on that
section, sell the bonds and with the
money bald q second section AID 30 on.
Tha' is good plan provided be has q o
trouble Ia raising money on those bonds.
From what / know OF bin py reputa-
ton, sboAld judge that he knows what
ne 10 about. Win such = country as bis
line will traverse, and lis connection
With q tfanscontinsatai line, 10 eannot
help being fine paying piece Of prog
ertY.
Reporter-What do Yoa think of the
Seattle, L Ike shore aud EAstern9
Mr.. MeNaught-l don't think as maah
OF theif line ~ | do of Crawford's.
They so into oeantry now soeupied
by the Oregon Improvement Company.
ami II KiFke goes on With his enterprise
there will be two other roads built TO
his works. That will divide the bust
ness up 80 there will not De much IN IL
for any one OF them, and e will be
question OF the survival Of the httest.
Still, they go by the Way of Squsk
Slough, and will open up some fine tim
Der aud oeal lands, and with the trade
OF the Saoquaianie hoy ards and other
agricultural sections they will get a
very good trade on this side. II they
raise th money 10 cross the mountains
and 90 into the Big Bind country, they
will aud business, bat our experience
IN bull Ting through the Cascade Eaoun
tains has been q rather bitter one. l
met q man yesterday iust down from
our sWitehbaoks and he told me be saw
snow banks there 50 feet high. 10 wall
not b. so bad when We get our tunnel
through. The Seattle, Lake Shore ana
Eastern people have $500, 000, and u looks
az though they intend 10 spend II. They
will need more than that 10 cross the
mcnEtnins
R-por,er-Mr. Men sughf, Chief En.
Rinoer j. q. Bourry, OF the seattle, Lske
shore and Eastern, tells me that with q
tunnel in the Snoqaaimie pass o0e-half
the length Of the Stampede tunnel, his
line oan orosa the mountains on much
easier and better grade than the North
err Pacific. Mr.. Sclsry was Ia the EN-
. oy of your COMPANY IN the mountains
Tor long tune, and | guess be knows
what he is talking about.
MeNanght--I think What Mr.. SeoEry
says is true, and We would have adop ed
the Snoqaalmie rsnts but for enc rea-
son, and that was IL would have IN
creased the length OF oar road about
thirty miles. and ws wished 90 avoid
that.
Reporter What do yOu think Of
tha Oregon Railway aud Navigation
Comp~ny's loas1
McNSaRht-Oh, guess the lease has
been made. There is one point OF
which but little has been said, bot
which, il true, IL very important Oae
Of the dispatches stated ibal the Ore
gon Transcontinental properties were
Included in lhs lease. II true, u takes
ia the road from Seattle 20 Stuck Juno-
ton. and that means one Of two thing.
either 80 arrangement With the North
err Pacifc for roa ass to Seattle, or
the building OF an independent lice
fron the Colombia river 30 stuck juno
zion, to meet With the Transoon-
inental Oompany's iine.
WmAr ~ &c
That produces that beautiful, soft and